The first section covers the attitude you need to learn moves and win rodeos. I had never seen this anywhere else and anyone who is serious about their boating will find this section helpful.

The middle section includes all the modern moves. EJ goes through his usual Body, Boat and paddle breakdown which helps a lot. The photos are spectacular (although missing on some of the harder moves).

The final section was the section I bought the book for and was discouraged to find that it was only a couple of pages long. However it still managed to contain everything I was looking for.

To sumarise, buy this book over any other playboating book out there but try and get a look if you already own something like the Playboating Handbook.


Very comprehensive   July 26, 2000
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This book is quite comprehensive and up to date with all of the current moves. It not only describes how to do each move, but opens with a section on training and competition tactics. It then breaks all the moves down by wave, hole, eddyline, or flatwater. I particularly like the way EJ starts with the easier moves and progresses to the difficult ones, each move being a building block for the next one. If you enjoy EJ's style (perhaps you like his Strokes & Concepts book) and you're into playboating or want to get into it, this is a great book. I rank it a notch better than Ken Whiting's, and in fact I think both of EJ's books (Strokes and Playboating) make good complements to Ken's videos (Play Daze and SOAR).